Know the Facts…BEFORE you Vote!
Your current Town Board practices Strong Fiscal Management and Full Transparency
- Fact: Supervisor Torreggiani provides monthly budget reports to the entire Town Board.
- Fact: Supervisor Torreggiani and Board Members are responsible for the first tax cut in 24 years.
- Fact: Audits for 2021 have been filed and 2022 are with the auditors.
- Fact: Salary increases are due to grade increases and are required by law.
- Fact: The current Hyde Park Grant Writing Consultant earns $36,000 per year and has obtained $127,000 in funding for Hyde Park, so far! A full-time employee doing the same job would cost at least $86,000. Supervisor Torreggiani only “claimed credit” for his own accomplishments.
Democratic Lies
- That our town is fiscally mismanaged, doesn’t account for revenue streams, frivolously gives away pay raises and state deadlines are missed.
- That our town has failed to secure grants.
Accountability and Work Ethic
- Fact: Supervisor Torreggiani holds at least one Board meeting a month, more as needed and Budget Meetings are held publicly and frequently. He does not waste the people’s time or money on unnecessary gatherings.
- Fact: Aileen Rohr and her followers missed a great opportunity to digitize town records under a shared services agreement. Supervisor Torreggiani has a grant request to accomplish this task, but it will be 3 times more the cost than what the democrats passed on.
- Fact: Supervisor Torreggiani returns all phone calls, emails, text messages in a timely fashion and is a Full-Time Supervisor on call 24/7. His construction company has lost millions of dollars in revenue due to his commitment to Hyde Park.
- Fact: Supervisor Torreggiani’s opponent was written up for time abuse, claiming hours not worked, and created a hostile working environment for other town employees. Smith’s work product was untimely, unusable, and useless.
- Fact: The democratic slate of candidates is not qualified to manage a town of 21,000 residents.
- Fact: Only one democrat running for town office has lived in Hyde Park more than 2 years.
Democratic Lies
- That our town government is unresponsive to our constituents, has an old website and lacks transparency.
- That Supervisor Torreggiani is rarely at Town Hall.
- That the democrats can do a better job than the Republicans.